In all, a very worthwhile priority that will continue into 2024. Just last month, I completed a photo book about my husband's maternal grandparents, and last week I reordered copies for other relatives after previewing and editing one copy. This tiny book was a big hit with the next generation! So I went "all in" on family-history photo books during the year, creating one about my maternal grandparents, one about my paternal grandparents, and one about my Mom and her twin sister. It was only 6 inches by 6 inches, with colorful front and back covers (see image above, from back cover) and 20 pages of info about my Dad (US Army), my uncles (US Army), my aunt (WAC), and my parents' cousins who served in the war (in the US Army, US Army Air Corps, US Marines, US Navy, and National Guard units). In response to the questions, I created my first-ever family-history photo book about ancestors in WWII. More about that in upcoming posts.ĭear readers, I wish you a new year of peace and a tree full of genealogy fun! Saving family history in institutions. I still have a few items from family history that I'll be donating to institutions in 2024.Most important to me, I'm keeping alive the cousin connections I've made in my years of researching family history. Genealogy programs, education, connections. I'm still making presentations, still taking webinars, and will be attending some local genealogy meetings in 2024.This is another wonderful snowy-day activity that usually sends me down a rabbit hole as I follow up on something I forgot about or didn't understand the first time I saw it. I'm slowly pawing through my surname file folders, consolidating/digitizing research notes, tossing unneeded paper (like printed-out census pages). Slim down and reorganize surname file folders.Sometimes researching them gives me a clue about a direct ancestor OR gives me context for understanding family dynamics of the past. Also, I love learning more about in-law ancestors. In 2023, I learned how my husband's maternal grandparents met, by researching the social columns in newspapers that only recently were digitized. Continue redoing research on focus ancestors, as new info becomes available and as I try different sites.So if January in New England turns out to be snowy, my photo project (including captioning) will gain momentum. I love working on old photos when there's a big snow storm outside.
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